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said that he was building a wall in Colorado, which shares no border with Mexico?

“We’re building a wall in Colorado…We’re building a beautiful wall,” Trump said during a speech in Pittsburgh. He had been listening multiple states in which new walls were being erected. He later claimed that he was joking. Border officials also confirmed that no new segments of wall had been built, and that it only extended to areas where prior wall or fencing already existed.

The New York Times – Trump Mentions a Wall in Colorado, Then Says He Was Kidding
CNN – Trump claims US is building border wall … in Colorado
The National Memo – Border Officials Confirm: Government Has Built No New Wall

claimed that he predicted Osama bin Laden’s attacks a year before 9/11?

Trump has made the claim multiple times, such during his campaign on the Alex Jones Radio Show, on Twitter, and after the raid on ISIS leader al-Baghdadi when he claimed that the event was more important than the death of bin Laden. Trump did in fact mention Osama bin Laden in his 2000 book The America We Deserve in the context of how the Clinton administration was mishandling multiple threats, referencing a 1998 air strike on bin Laden’s compound. While Trump originally asserted that no one had heard of bin Laden, he was a well-known and reported on threat at the time, which owed to the reasoning behind the airstrikes in the first place. Trump’s book also did warn of a large terror attack, although this was already the driving force of concern about bin Laden and other possible sources of terrorism.

Business Insider – Trump claims the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is more significant than Osama bin Laden’s assassination.
FactCheck.org – Trump’s bin Laden ‘Prediction’

said that the death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was more significant than that of Osama bin Laden?

Trump said, “this is the biggest there is. This is the worst ever. Osama bin Laden was big, but Osama bin Laden became big with the World Trade Center. This is a man who built a whole, as he would like to call it, a country.” He went on to repeat a past claim that he had warned of bin Laden a year before his attack on the World Trade Center, but never received due credit.

The Washington Post – Bigger than bin Laden? 3 striking things about Trump’s announcement that Baghdadi is dead.
Business Insider – Trump claims the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is more significant than Osama bin Laden’s assassination
Axios – Trump on Baghdadi raid: “Bin Laden was big but this was bigger”

told Russia and Turkey about a raid on the leader of ISIS, but not Congress?

Trump defended the unusual decision to avoid telling any Congressional leaders about the raid by claiming that Washington DC too frequently leaks important information. Trump had repeatedly leaked sensitive information, including on spy satellites, covert operatives, and the methods used in this very raid on al-Baghdadi.

The Washington Post – Pelosi says Trump notified Russians of Baghdadi raid before telling congressional leaders
Fox News – House Dems angered that Trump told Russia, Turkey of al-Baghdadi raid, but not Pelosi
Independent – Trump-Isis raid: Democrats demand to know why president told Russia about Baghdadi operation before Congress

revealed special operations tactics and other classified information by providing a detailed description of the raid on ISIS leader al-Baghdadi?

Some of the remarks Trump made about the raid had been classified, while others seemed too fantastical to be true. Trump said of the raid that the ISIS leader “died like a dog,” having been “whimpering and crying and screaming all the way,” though Department of Defense officials said it was made up, as the feed of the raid had no audio.

Business Insider – National security officials say Trump revealed secret US tactics by describing the raid that killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, possibly compromising future operations
NBC News – Officials cringed as Trump spilled sensitive details of al-Baghdadi raid
Business Insider – Official says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi ‘whimpering’ and ‘crying’ before his death sounds like something Trump ‘made up’
The New York Times – The ‘Whimpering’ Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard

revealed sensitive information on a US spy satellite in a tweet about Iran?

Trump’s inclusion of a photo taken from a spy satellite in his tweet revealed the resolution and location of the US’ best surveillance satellites. Using the angle of the photo, it was even possible for amateurs to determine exactly which satellite took it.

Forbes – Trump Accidentally Revealed The Amazing Resolution Of U.S. Spy Satellites
Wired – Trump Tweeted a Sensitive Photo. Internet Sleuths Decoded It
NPR – Amateurs Identify U.S. Spy Satellite Behind President Trump’s Tweet

caused the CIA to extract a high-level informant in the Russian government?

Trump and his regular unsecured discussions with Russian officials led him to be considered such a massive security risk to any intelligence operations in Russia. After Trump gave classified intelligence to Russians about Israeli counter-terrorism operations, there was mounting concern in the intelligence community about a CIA operative inside the Russian government. The information was withdrawn from Russia in 2017, despite having been in place for decades passing on information to the US government.

The New York Times – C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades
New York Magazine – U.S. Intelligence Had to Pull Spy From Russia Because Trump Is a Security Risk
CNN – Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017

 

praised authoritarian Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?

Duterte had become infamous for his use of extrajudicial killings against those perceived as drug users and sellers, as well as against journalists and political enemies. He has bragged about murdering people himself, and compared himself favorably to Hitler. The State Department estimated at the time that there had been over 6,000 executions of suspected drug dealers with little regard for due process.

In a released transcript of a phone call between Trump and Duterte, Trump offered praise for Duterte’s “unbelievable job on the drug problem.” He also shared information on American nuclear submarines in the vicinity of North Korea, a significant security risk.

During a 2017 visit to the Philippines, Trump boasted of his “great relationship” with Duterte. During that same visit, Duterte sang a song dedicated to the US President.

 

The Washington Post – Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call
Politico – Trump praises Duterte for ‘unbelievable job’ cracking down on drugs in the Philippines
MSNBC – Trump’s chat with Philippine President Duterte raises alarms

went on a Twitter rant against the governor of California, threatening to deny emergency funding amid widespread wildfires?

Trump argued that the governor was failing in managing the forest fires because he refused to “‘clean’ his forest floors,” and instead was doing what “his bosses, the environmentalists, demand.” The fires were not located in forested areas, and clearing brush from forests is already a widely employed tactic. Trump previously referred to this as “raking” the forest floors.

Politico – Trump threatens to end federal aid to California in tweets slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom
ABC News – Trump threatens to cut off federal funding for California wildfires

sold the failed Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City?

Trump purchased the hotel and casino in 1984. It spiraled into being ranked last among those in Atlantic City before finally being shuttered in 2014.

Mel Evans/AP

A regular visitor described its last years as being in slow but perpetual decline: “It did slip every year. This year they had no bedspreads and they totally gave up on the ice machines. This year the Plaza bar was closed and the 24 hour cafe closed at 2 p.m. The higher-end restaurants were closed. It was so sad to see it get a little worse every year. They really seemed to give up about five years ago.”

USA Today – Trump Plaza: 4th Atlantic City casino shutdown
Atlantic City News – Thousands out of work in Atlantic City as big casinos shut doors
The Guardian – Atlantic City Trump Plaza shuts its doors as embattled town loses another casino
Wikipedia – Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

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